Kate Barkes: Poems

Aug 2016 · 393

Ride out

Kate Barkes Aug 2016

Ride out

Luminous green grass next to a wet stone wall, tiny gnats decorate peachy mist. The evening sun now turns fells a candy floss pink and I trot on -smiling- down the lane.

May 2016 · 382

10 word failure

Kate Barkes May 2016

10 word failure

Embarrassment and failure, writings of a loon must improve soon

May 2016 · 372

Get a fix

Kate Barkes May 2016

Get a fix

Just another hit she begs and her cruel master obliges

May 2016 · 901

gone

Kate Barkes May 2016

gone

Your heart it breaks
in the night a dog barks

Apr 2016 · 292

A World of Perilous Adventure

Kate Barkes Apr 2016

A World of Perilous Adventure

Inside the tavern light is seen
Our unlikely group enter
We enquire about staying,
dice are rolled,
as we're playing.

Apr 2016 · 294

Sean's smile

Kate Barkes Apr 2016

Sean's smile

You've the nicest beam I think I have ever seen

Apr 2016 · 406

Mud

Kate Barkes Apr 2016

Mud

Neath the cherry, snow and oak, there lies a sight to see; a pony called Norbett his grazing predicament plain to me.

Feb 2016 · 269

Frantic

Kate Barkes Feb 2016

Frantic

Frantic and wild
with only minutes to spare
they dare

Feb 2016 · 278

Monkey's

Kate Barkes Feb 2016

Monkey's

With only one wish left
desperate on floor:
"the paw!"

Feb 2016 · 299

Untitled

Kate Barkes Feb 2016

Untitled

Wretched continuous pain
now life will never be the same

Feb 2016 · 476

No longer mobile

Kate Barkes Feb 2016

No longer mobile

Shattered glass
Shattered bone
amid twisted metal
rings the phone

Jan 2016 · 479

Untitled

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

Untitled

Behind a tattered hessian curtain there is a flickering light,
but this isn't what should be on her bedside right.

My first 20 worder (as instructed) - I may continue this one at a later date.

Jan 2016 · 341

goldditcher

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

goldditcher

Sickly and rich
laying in ditch
Rupert shouts
"that *****!"

Jan 2016 · 290

Untitled

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

Untitled

Juicy, ripe
He hates to do this
with the knife.

Jan 2016 · 733

Fluffy

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

Fluffy

Floating through pink fluffy clouds
Terrified screams
The plane descends

Jan 2016 · 995

6016

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

6016

Clawing our way through the city, pale, hunched and toothless.

Jan 2016 · 299

On the bridge

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

On the bridge

Lumbering into his final step the lawyer has one regret

Jan 2016 · 288

getting on

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

getting on

She groans and grizzles while he is proud and sizzles

Jan 2016 · 406

A dead man

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

A dead man

Galloping through the mist his steed no hoof print leaves

Jan 2016 · 311

Sean Hunt

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

Sean Hunt

He talks like Clint Eastwood
He makes my write poems

Jan 2016 · 380

Life

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

Life

Hectic life
Under strife
But solid
As man and wife

#stress

Jan 2016 · 277

First Ten Word Poem

Kate Barkes Jan 2016

First Ten Word Poem

I will rise
To the challenge
And get my revenge

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